December 2017: Affleck plays coy about whether he might return as Bruce Wayne, saying, "I always evaluate this stuff on the merit of the material," but adds that he still has a desire to direct a Batman film. “I want to direct a Batman movie,” he continued, “and I never got a script that I was happy with, so they are starting over and writing another script. And right now, I think a lot of different possibilities I think for the way the DC Universe could go, and I will just follow my interests in pursing that. And I know that I love working with this group of people, and it was a real joy for me to make this movie.”